Thanks to TFT reader Harmy’s Head for sending this update from the Rose Bowl:
“The crowd are singing to Ajmal…’how much for a boundary, how much for a boun-dary?’ Banter will only go downhill from here I fear’.
It was only a matter of time. Whatever the subject matter, English cricket spectators will always find a way of puncturing cricket’s pomposity and self-absorption with a wry chant or two.
Alleged match-fixing has provided inspiration in the past. Remember this Barmy Army refrain?
Mark Waugh is an Aussie, he wears an Aussie hat.
And when he saw the bookies cash, he said ‘I’m having that’.
He shared it out with Warnie, they had a couple of beers.
And when the ACB found out, they covered up for years.
There are a great many examples of this kind of thing…tell us about some of your favourites…
“We’re rich, we’re proud, three dollars to the pound, Eng-er-land, Eng-er-land”
(perhaps not quite as accurate as it was ten years ago, but you get the jist)
Last year at the Cardiff Test I had a seat between the Barmy Army and the Fanatics. In response to some genuinely funny chanting from the Barmy Army, a bunch of Fanatics eventually stood up and produced the immortal retort “Just, just…FUCK OFF!”.
Oh, the wit.
“We came here with backpack, you with ball and chain” is a particular favourite. Right up there with “God Save YOUR Gracious Queen…….Long to reign over YOU”..
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